Month: May 2016

This past weekend we stayed after Mass to share in the celebration as a new baby was being baptized. Not being directly involved as a parent or grand parent allowed me to sit back and reflect on the Sacrament of Baptism. This new life was being regenerated and filled with the Spirit of the Holy Trinity. Original Sin was being washed away and this child was adopted into the family of God. It was a joyful moment but it made me think – what about those little ones that die before being baptized…

The Simple Catholic Snapshots:

God is Perfect Love and Desires All His Children to Heaven

The Bible tells us that Baptism is Necessary for Eternal Life

Theologians have Struggled with the Paradox of God’s Love vs. the Death of Unbaptized Innocents

Limbo is a concept that was once considered a solution but has now been discarded.

God has not Revealed His Plan for the Unbaptized Innocents so we must Simply Trust in His Perfect Mercy

In my last post, I shared a few pictures of Tim playing ‘catch’ with his son Aaron. That post was a reminder of the total trust we must have in God our Father. Sounds simple enough, but I began to wonder what the Bible had to say about such perfect faith. Once again, it turns out that pride can undermine our relationship with the Father.

In a previous post that you can read here, I reported on a recent report of rising suicide rates in the United States. In that post, I suggested that perhaps one reason that people are feeling so desperate in life is, that when experiencing the normal stresses in life, they do not have a solid foundation of faith and trust in God the Father to rely on.

In other words, without a complete trust in God the Father, then everyday life can seem to be hopeless.